Check List 21(2): 406-412, doi: 10.15560/21.2.406
The Surinam Cockroach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insecta, Blattodea, Blaberidae) in Mexico: new records with the help of citizen science
Manuel de Luna‡§|, Julio C. Estrada-Álvarez|¶, Reinier Núñez-Bazán#|, Roberto García-Barrios§, Ismael A. Hinojosa Díaz‡, Gerardo Cuéllar-Rodríguez‡‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico§ Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, Mexico| Entomological Research, Metepec, Mexico¶ Museo Universitario de Historia Natural “Dr. Manuel M. Villada”, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Estado de México, Mexico# Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Morelos, Mexico
Corresponding author: Reinier Núñez-Bazán ( rnbazan7@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Leonardo de Oliveira Cardoso da Silva © Manuel de Luna, Julio C. Estrada-Álvarez, Reinier Núñez-Bazán, Roberto García-Barrios, Ismael A. Hinojosa Díaz, Gerardo Cuéllar-Rodríguez. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
de Luna M, Estrada-Álvarez JC, Núñez-Bazán R, García-Barrios R, Hinojosa-Díaz IA, Cuéllar-Rodríguez G (2025) The Surinam Cockroach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insecta, Blattodea, Blaberidae) in Mexico: new records with the help of citizen science. Check List 21(2): 406-412. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.406 |  |
Abstract
Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758), Surinam Cockroach, is considered introduced to the Western Hemisphere, where it is a species of commercial and veterinary importance. In Mexico, P. surinamensis has been recorded from 17 states, and we newly report it in the states of Campeche, Michoacán, Puebla, and Querétaro, as well as the Ciudad de México, based on the examination of 184 specimens deposited in scientific collections. We also report it from the states of Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chihuahua, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Sonora, and Tabasco based on our review of 952 photographic records from the citizen‑science platform iNaturalist.
Keywords
Blattodean, cosmopolitan species, introduced species, parasite, pest species, Pycnoscelinae, veterinary importance